Many recent large-scale distributed computing applications utilize spare processor cycles of personal computers that are connected to the Internet. The resulting distributed compu...
Abstract. The problem of self-optimization and adaptation in the context of customizable systems is becoming increasingly important with the emergence of complex software systems a...
Most operations of the relational algebra or SQL - like projection with duplicate elimination, join, ordering, group by and aggregations - are efficiently processed using a sorted...
Default reasoning has become an important topic in software engineering. In particular, defaults can be used to revise speci cations, to enhance reusability of existing systems, an...
Assistive technology for wayfinding will significantly improve the quality of life for many individuals with cognitive impairments. The user interface of such a system is as cruci...
Alan L. Liu, Harlan Hile, Henry A. Kautz, Gaetano ...